Recent advances in PCB removal from historically contaminated environmental matrices

K Šrédlová, T Cajthaml - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite being drastically restricted in the 1970s, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) still
belong among the most hazardous contaminants. The chemical stability and dielectric …

Bioaugmentation-assisted bioremediation and biodegradation mechanisms for PCB in contaminated environments: A review on sustainable clean-up technologies

A Hassan, FS Hamid, A Pariatamby… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review aims to give a detailed overview of various bioremediation technologies used for
the decontamination of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-polluted environments; discuss the …

A novel strategy for enhancing bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated soil with resuscitation promoting factor and resuscitated strain

X Zhou, S Zhang, R Wang, Z An, F Sun, C Shen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
PCBs bioremediation is largely impeded by the reduced metabolic activity and degradation
ability of indigenous and exogenous microorganisms. Resuscitation promoting factor (Rpf) …

Effect of pyrolysis temperature on removal of organic pollutants present in anaerobically stabilized sewage sludge

J Moško, M Pohořelý, T Cajthaml, M Jeremiáš… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge was excluded from the list of component materials for the production of EU
fertilizing products and it was banned as feedstock to produce pyrolysis & gasification …

Bioremediation of long-term PCB-contaminated soil by white-rot fungi

T Stella, S Covino, M Čvančarová, A Filipová… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
The objective of this work was to test the PCB-degrading abilities of two white-rot fungi,
namely Pleurotus ostreatus and Irpex lacteus, in real contaminated soils with different …

Aerobic Degradation of Sulfadiazine by Arthrobacter spp.: Kinetics, Pathways, and Genomic Characterization

Y Deng, Y Mao, B Li, C Yang… - Environmental Science & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Two aerobic sulfadiazine (SDZ) degrading bacterial strains, D2 and D4, affiliated with the
genus Arthrobacter, were isolated from SDZ-enriched activated sludge. The degradation of …

Enhancement of polychlorinated biphenyl biodegradation by resuscitation promoting factor (Rpf) and Rpf-responsive bacterial community

X Su, S Li, M Xie, L Tao, Y Zhou, Y Xiao, H Lin, J Chen… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The activities of indigenous bacterial communities in polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
contaminated environments is closely related to the efficiency of bioremediation processes …

Effect of altitude and season on microbial activity, abundance and community structure in Alpine forest soils

JA Siles, T Cajthaml, S Minerbi… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In the current context of climate change, the study of microbial communities along altitudinal
gradients is especially useful. Only few studies considered altitude and season at the same …

Altitudinal, seasonal and interannual shifts in microbial communities and chemical composition of soil organic matter in Alpine forest soils

JA Siles, T Cajthaml, A Filipova, S Minerbi… - Soil Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The study of soil microbial communities and chemical properties of soil organic matter
(SOM) over altitudinal mountain gradients have been regarded as especially useful to better …

Discovering the potential of an nZVI-biochar composite as a material for the nanobioremediation of chlorinated solvents in groundwater: degradation efficiency and …

J Semerád, A Ševců, NHA Nguyen, P Hrabák… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Abiotic and biotic remediation of chlorinated ethenes (CEs) in groundwater from a real
contaminated site was studied using biochar-based composites containing nanoscale zero …